Joins Major Online Retailer Overstock.com and San Jose Earthquakes MLS Team in accepting the digital currency

May 28, 2014 04:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time

BLUFFDALE, Utah–C7 Data Centers (C7), a leading provider of cloud, advanced IT and data center colocation services, announced today it accepts the digital currency bitcoin. Bitcoin is a peer-to-peer payment system and cryptocurrency, so named because it uses cryptography to control the creation and transfer of money, offering an alternative currency and payment-tracking system.

C7 accepts bitcoins through multiple online services, and will add others as the market options expand. As a payment option, bitcoins offer customers benefits such as low inflation risk, low collapse risk due to its virtual global currency, and a safe and inexpensive form of payment.

Bitcoin has been growing in popularity, and C7 joins many other major companies to accept the digital currency, including Overstock.com (OSTK), the Sacramento Kings professional basketball team, the Richard Branson-led aviation company Virgin Galactic, the popular blogging platform WordPress used by some of the biggest media companies in the world (including The New York Times, CNN, Reuters and TechCrunch), Tigerdirect (SYX), a major online retailer for electronic products, and Zynga (ZNGA), the popular mobile gaming company.

C7 first became involved in bitcoin with its sponsorship of the soon to be released documentary, “Life on Bitcoin.” Beccy Bingham, Director of Marketing at C7, lived and traveled the world on the digital currency with her husband for 101 days in 2013 while a film crew followed them on their journey. The BBC, Al Jazeera, NPR and the Wall Street Journal have profiled the project.

C7 Data Centers CEO Wes Swenson stated, “We are accepting bitcoins as an option for account payment. C7 has received many requests over the last few months to accept bitcoin payments, and is responding to the demand. C7 is also one of the leading data centers to provide and host bitcoin transaction processing. C7 strives to provide its global customers with world-class service, and the pioneer of cryptocurrency will offer another convenient payment option, as it is all about the customer at C7.”

About C7 Data Centers

A privately held Utah corporation, C7 Data Centers is the largest colocation provider in the state of Utah. C7 builds and operates state-of-the-art multi-tenant, carrier neutral, high-density data centers using ambient air cooling systems in America’s lowest disaster-risk region. C7 delivers cloud solutions and flexible, customized data storage with personalized managed IT services to both local and global customers, serving clients from small business startups to Fortune 1000 companies. For more information about C7 Data Centers, call 801-822-5300 or visit www.c7.com. For press relations, contact Jennifer Johnson at 202-841-1171.

Bluffdale, Utah – February 11, 2014

Mr. Swenson joins presenters from many other companies such as Methode Electronics, Inc. (MEI); Microchip Technology Incorporated (MCHP); ShoreTel (SHOR); and IMAX Corporation (IMAX). Mr. Swenson’s presentation outlines the rapid growth of C7 Data Centers — the largest colocation provider in the State of Utah. A privately held Utah corporation, C7 builds and operates state of the art multi-tenant, carrier neutral, high-density data centers using ambient air cooling systems in America’s lowest disaster-risk region. C7 delivers cloud solutions and flexible, customized data storage with personalized managed IT services to both local and global customers; serving clients from small business start-ups to Fortune 1000 companies.

]]>Acquisition Provides for Growing Cloud Support and IT Managed Services

C7 Data Centers (C7), a leading provider of advanced IT, cloud and data center colocation services, announced today it has acquired IntegraTechs Corporation, an IT Managed Services Provider. IntegraTechs is a national provider of IT Support Services including cloud migration, development, security, and IT outsourcing.

C7 will continue the successful operation of IntegraTechs’ ability to maintain, monitor and manage all areas of IT needs including desktops, networks, servers, firewalls, routers, backups, upgrades, and maintenance. IntegraTechs currently has a corporate support center in American Fork, Utah with additional sites in Seattle, Phoenix, Las Vegas, and Washington DC. C7 plans to expand the national presence of IntegraTechs over the next twelve months with new offices in Denver, Minneapolis, Boise, and Reno and is considering international expansion to service C7’s worldwide client base. IntegraTechs will be run as a division of C7, with the charter of IT Services and Cloud Management. The IntegraTechs Division will manage, build, and support C7’s FuseApp Cloud products and services.

C7 Data Centers CEO Wes Swenson stated, “We felt this was a critical and strategic acquisition to rapidly expand our sales and support of our cloud efforts in the FuseApp product line, as well as to expand resources to our current and prospective client base. IntegraTechs has a tremendous client base, as well as a 24/7 support center. Generally it takes some time for a services provider to reach this scale and we feel IntegraTechs adds a critical support function and real asset to our company and to our clients.”

“Demand from small, medium and large enterprises for cloud expertise and managed services is growing rapidly, and we needed to meet this demand with a quality operation. IntegraTechs has a dedicated base of employees which numbers around 60 people, and we have plans to hire and expand this operation to over 100 personnel in the next twelve months. We will be enlarging the security practice, virtual desktops support, and, of course, cloud migration, support, and design,” said Wes Swenson.

About C7 Data Centers

A privately held Utah corporation, C7 Data Centers is the largest colocation provider in the State of Utah. C7 builds and operates state of the art multi-tenant, carrier neutral, high-density data centers using ambient air cooling systems in America’s lowest disaster-risk region. C7 delivers cloud solutions and flexible, customized data storage with personalized managed IT services to both local and global customers; serving clients from small business start-ups to Fortune 1000 companies. For more information about C7 Data Centers, call 801-822-5300 or visit www.c7.com. For press relations, contact Jennifer Johnson at 202-841-1171.

Bluffdale, Utah – September 10th, 2013 10:00 a.m. MST – C7 Data Centers (C7), a leading provider of advanced IT, cloud and data center colocation services, announced today it will launch Granite Point II, a new 95,000 foot, state of the art data center complex in Bluffdale, Utah in October 2013. Granite Point II will be the most advanced Tier III data center the company has built to date, and one of the most advanced and efficient data centers in the country.

C7 has multiple data centers exclusively in Utah with local, national and international clients, representing virtually every industry in the world and operating production, disaster recovery, cloud, and storage solutions out of C7′s data centers.

Wes Swenson, CEO of C7 stated, “This data center is the culmination of years of listening to our customers, combined with our vision of what a modern data center should be. It is trly world class and state of the art in every respect with a vision for the future. In this day and age, businesses are experiencing rapid IT growth but their data centers are aging. Granite Point II is truly a modern data center, built at the foot of the Wasatch Mountains, and will provide a terrific product for our demanding customers experiencing growth.”

“Building C7 in Utah provides our customers with data center designs and operational mantras that address many concerns the IT buyer has today; such as low disaster risk, abundant low latency connectivity options, future proofing power and cooling, and a footprint they can grow in — all at a lower cost. C7 in Utah offers a cost-effective alternative to the Las Vegas, Phoenix, and Denver markets and is well on par with data centers from Equinix (EQIX), CyrusOne (CONE), and Digital Realty Trust (DRT). The customer experience is our focus, and our designs to provide uninterruptible power and cooling are paramount.”

The design of Granite Point II has been in development for the last two years and construction began in February 2013. The site is designed for 10 Megawatts of power and is expected to attain a 1.2 PUE rate due to the type of equipment and the ambient air the Utah climate provides. Customers with needs ranging from one rack to thousands of square feet can be accommodated with flexible pricing and easily expandable layouts. U.S. Representative Jim Matheson (UT-4), who represents C7 Data Centers’ Bluffdale location, recently toured the bright, cavernous Granite Point II facility and offered his praise to the C7 employees for their hard work in Utah.

Granite Point II substantially raises the bar in what the market currently offers for multi-tenant data center services and is the latest advancement in data centers. Utilizing ambient air cooling, innovative cold air containment, and actuated cooling to variable server head loads, Granite Point II also boasts dense power deployments and monitoring at every level of the infrastructure. 48U cabinets are standard with 36 inch raised floors, under-floor directional plenums, and circuit or metered power. Anti-piggybacking secure access with three factor authentication (access badge, video, and iris confirmation), secure network and carrier rooms and a 24/7 network operations center guarantee strict safety measures. Finally, C7 provides dedicated office suites for its customer’ IT support personnel that are directly connected with fiber right to the data center floor.

Bluffdale, UT – June 19, 2013 – C7 Data Centers (C7), a leading provider of advanced data center colocation services, announces the completion of the Granite Point data center. Granite Point is a world class, state of the art, Tier 3, 65,000 foot data center and office complex. The data center is built at the heart of the Wasatch mountains with 60 second access to the interstate freeway, and sits upon the major power and connectivity paths in the State of Utah.

Granite Point is an advanced Tier III, high value designed data center built in one of the lowest disaster risk areas in the United States. The data center ensures multiple paths of redundant capacity in power, connectivity, and maintenance events, ensuring 24/7 uptime. It was designed for current deployments and future capacity requirements in mind for the largest and most demanding data processing systems. C7 offers complete 24/7 service at all of their locations, including remote hands that allow companies to safely
and confidently manage their equipment without the extra cost of on-site personnel.

Today’s businesses rely on data centers to house critical information and provide 24/7 uptime to support online applications for virtually every industry in the world to run operational applications, data storage, and cloud services. C7 Data Centers offers a full collection of data and infrastructure management services to provide
businesses with multiple options to choose from when selecting a complete data center solution.

On the completion of the Granite Point facility, Wes Swenson, C7 Data Center’s CEO remarked, “We are pleased to announce the completion of our Granite Point facility in Bluffdale, and to add it to our family of data centers
here in Utah. We have had an incredible reception to our high value, high density data center design and operations. Many of our clients have reduced their colocation costs by as much as 50%, while reducing their risk of downtime considerably by selecting C7 in Utah. Not only does Utah have lower disaster risks compared to the rest of the United States, but C7’s concentrated Utah location results in lower operational costs so we are
able to pass those savings on to our clients, especially compared to operations in Arizona, Nevada, and California. We are proud that many local, national and international companies are choosing to trust C7 with some of their most valuable assets. The site has sold out as quickly as we built it, and the fill rate has exceeded our expectations.”

About C7 Data Centers
C7 Data Centers is a privately held Utah company with data centers exclusively in Utah. Focused on providing state of the art, high value, high density multi-­‐tenant data centers, C7 provides cloud, production and disaster recovery solutions to local, national and international businesses. C7 is the largest data center provider in the State of Utah. For more information about C7 Data Centers, call
801-­‐822-­‐5300 or visit www.c7.com, or for press relations, Jennifer Johnson, at 202-­‐841-­‐1171